{"id":310691,"date":"2025-12-11T20:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/310691\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T20:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:49:09","slug":"teofimo-lopez-answers-whether-there-is-a-rematch-clause-should-he-lose-to-shakur-stevenson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/310691\/","title":{"rendered":"Teofimo Lopez answers whether there is a rematch clause should he lose to Shakur Stevenson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teofimo Lopez<\/a> prides himself not only on his ability but on his willingness to back himself against the odds.<\/p>\n

The larger-than-life and controversial 28-year-old faces a defining examination of his credentials and legacy when he meets Shakur Stevenson<\/a> on January 31 at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

The two-weight champion puts his WBO super-lightweight title at stake, while Stevenson chases glory in a fourth division<\/a>. Such is the magnitude of the fight that the belt feels almost secondary with reputation, pride and ego dominating the storyline.<\/p>\n

Lopez and Stevenson came face to face at Wednesday\u2019s launch press conference<\/a> in New York for a clash which is the final marquee event of an already packed January featuring the return of Moses Itauma, Amanda Serrano and many more.<\/p>\n

The biggest fights in boxing are rarely stitched together without the safety net of a rematch clause. Recently, Usyk\u2013Fury and Eubank Jr\u2013Benn have materialised with return bouts already agreed before a punch has been thrown.<\/p>\n

Does Lopez\u2013Stevenson have one? Fight Hub TV<\/a> posed that question to Lopez after the press conference. His response was unequivocal:<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, no rematch clause. We risk it all the time. No need for a rematch clause.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neither Lopez nor Stevenson has contested a rematch in their stellar careers so far. Of their combined 47 bouts, only Lopez has tasted defeat\u2014his upset loss to George Kambosos Jr in November 2021<\/a>, when the Australian ripped away three lightweight titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teofimo Lopez prides himself not only on his ability but on his willingness to back himself against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-310691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}